MANCHESTER UNITED FIRST TEAM AGAINST MALAYSIAN NATIONAL TEAM

PETALING JAYA (Malaysia), April 29 (Bernama) -- English Premier League (EPL)
club Manchester United (MU) will field their first team against the Malaysian
national team in a match at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, on July 18.

The match promoter, Proevents International Sdn Bhd (Proevents), said
however that the full list of the players coming under team manager Sir Alex
Ferguson would be disclosed later.

"The team will arrive in Kuala Lumpur one day before the match and there
will be a lot of competitions for the fans to win the passes or tickets to watch
the training seasions and the match," Proevents managing director San Boon Wah
told a news conference at Wisma FAM here Tuesday.

San said Kuala Lumpur would be their first destination for the Red Devils in
their Asian Tour 2009 before heading to Indonesia on July 20, South Korea (July
24) and two days later in China.

The ticket prices would be announced in 10 days times and would range from
RM50 to RM90.

San said that the tour to Kuala Lumpur would be great because the team had a
big fan base here and the exposure would be worldwide and broadcast to almost
400 million households.

Meanwhile, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary Azzuddin
Ahmad said the match would be played at 5.30pm, at the request of the
the Red Devils.

"We are looking forward to the match because it will be one of the best
exposures for the national team against a quality team such as MU," he said.

Azzuddin said the list of player who would represent the national team would
be decided by national coach K. Rajagobal but the FAM promised that the match
would be worth the price.

"Rajagobal will have at least 10 days training to select the best players
and we have rescheduled a few of the Malaysian League matches," he said.


The tour is the Carling Cup and World Cup Club champions' fourth trip to
Malaysia, after 1991, 1995 and 2001 when they hammered the Malaysian national
team 6-0.

In July 2007, their friendly match in Kuala Lumpur had to be cancelled due
to the clash of dates with the Asian Football Conferation (AFC) Cup. Kuala
Lumpur was one of the four hosts for the AFC Cup.

-- BERNAMA